“In [April] 2006, the National Intelligence Estimate attributed a direct role to the Iraq war in fueling radicalism in the Middle East and elsewhere. The report included input from sixteen intelligence agencies and concluded that the Iraq war made the overall terrorism problem worse. It pointed out that the treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo fueled anti-American feeling.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Tom Ridge with Lary Bloom, The Test of Our Times, Page 152